Big Damn Scribblers, how many story ideas do you have waiting to be written?
POSTED BY: KayleeGirl
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 03:39
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As a side note to the rant on my recent log, how many of you have story ideas piling up on you? I've got two that are fairly well plotted right now that I'm dying to write up and a couple others in just the possibly-viable plot bunny stage. And that's only the FF fanfic story ideas. I've got folders and file drawers full of stories in different stages of development for other genres.
Is there anyone out there who gets only one idea at a time? And then follows through on writing it before the next idea comes along?
If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.
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*snerk*
Can we say 'can of worms'?
I've got four. Count 'em, FOUR Firefly stories in progress. I've done that in almost every genre for which I've ever written fanfic - got an idea for one story with mostly canon characters and a few OCs, then one by one, climbed a mountain of new, sequential story ideas. By and large they're plot-driven, but with the kinds of original characters I write - not to mention the way they interact with canon characters - even a plot-driven story gives me incredible room to maneuver with all manner of characters. When I was writing Star Wars fanfic, all the stories were sequential and revolved largely around political intrigue (not to mention the thrill that comes with illegal politics).
Alack, I gave up Star Wars fanfic when writer's block and no feedback caused me to lose interest. So here I am writing Firefly fanfic: here the stories are still sequential, and the common thread involves some very, very dark corners of the human heart that I know all too well. Kind of my way of expressing the wish that some time, some light could be shed from somewhere on those corners. The later stories are nowhere near posting, but they're all outlined, and several scenes have been written. And yes, I will confess freely here and now that the later ones are River/OC. 
One prays that won't be a turn-off, but I really, REALLY hope I don't lose interest in writing these as well....
Malcolm aims
To misbehave
Browncoats shout and
Cheer and rave
FIREFLY
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Lessee... two FF stories in progress, one on the shelf, and two dozen in the back of my mind. Sequel to my origional. Three dozen origionals for Creative Writing. Several thousand untapped for various other Sci-Fi, Anime, Fantasy, LOTR, Warhammer, Warcraft, Starcraft, etc.
Yeah, just ONE!
-Danny
A Ghost is all that's Left,
Of everything we Swore we Never would Forget,
Tried to bleed the Sickness,
But we drained our Hearts instead,
We are... We are the DEAD!!!!!!!!!!
THRICE RULES!!!!!!!!!
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Pretty much just one storyline with me. It's kind of writing itself as we go. One idea can spark a whole plotline, or just an interaction or a scene, which may spin off into something else entirely later down the road.
I'm working on a little writing over in the 76th. Just my own persona and a couple of interactions so far.
If I had the kind of time to daydream that I used to everything above might be completely different, mind you. Family and job do tend to interfere with complete freedom to spend all your time being creative.
It's a trade off I'm willing to live with. 
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Just one storyline for me too, but it has so many intertwining threads and subplots for each character and all these future scenes that I can't write out yet because I have to do the stuff that comes before... Which is why I split it into 3 books, to get the early parts out of my head, then focus on the next.
Hmm, I guess I get ideas for other fics but I just work them into my main one, LOL!
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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.
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Quote:Yeah. Pretty much. But I don’t write fanfic, though. The last fanfic I wrote, I was twelve, I think, and it was about Greatest American Hero. I write a serial story that started about five or ten years ago depending on what I define as the actual start. I’ve not written it consistently, just a little here and there. I keep a Notes.doc and Story.doc current as I write. The actual story goes in the story.doc, and the Notes.doc contains various notes that I use to keep the plot consistent. At the end of the Notes, I have a section on ideas to further the story, and typically what I do is read those notes, each time and then advance the story and put in new notes to further the story next time, so it keeps prodding along in pretty much a linear fashion.
Originally posted by KayleeGirl:
Is there anyone out there who gets only one idea at a time? And then follows through on writing it before the next idea comes along?
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Quote:LOL! I LOVED that show! Everytime he did his shaky flying thing and ran into a wall I'd die!! I'd nearly forgotten all about it...
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Yeah. Pretty much. But I don’t write fanfic, though. The last fanfic I wrote, I was twelve, I think, and it was about Greatest American Hero.
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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.
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I can probably still sing the theme song...
He was soo cute when I was 11...
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I've been toying with my Angel/Firefly crossover for a few months now. Got most of the plot worked out, yet I haven't written anything...huh. Other than that, nothing special.
Now, why wasn't there a Greatest CANADIAN Hero?
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"WHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAA! THAT'S RIGHT! I'M THE BITCH WITH THE GUN!!!!!"
-Ertia, from Travel To Persephone PT 2 (Life Onboard Serenity)
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It figures that there are so many of us who watched Greatest American Hero. Okay, sing along with me...
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free...
But seriously, what kind of stuff do you write Finn mac Cumhal?
Now back to the theme song...Hey! Just a thought -- let's start a petition to get the show remade with Alan Tudyk in the lead role.
sIf I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.
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